
Ali France
Candidate for Australian House of Representatives
Date of Birth | : | 13 May, 1973 (Age 52) |
Place of Birth | : | Durban, South Africa |
Profession | : | Politics, Journalist |
Nationality | : | Australian |
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Allison Anne France is an Australian politician who has served as the member of parliament (MP) for the Queensland division of Dickson since 2025 as a member of the Labor Party (ALP).
Early life and education
France is the daughter of Peter Lawlor, former MP for Southport in the Queensland Legislative Assembly. She was born in Durban, South Africa and educated on the Gold Coast, Toowoomba and Canberra.
Career
Prior to entering politics, France was a journalist at the Courier Mail, as well as in Hong Kong, and worked as communications manager for indigenous production company Carbon Media in Brisbane. She is also a para-athlete and disability advocate. In 2016, she represented Australia in paracanoeing, winning two team gold medals and a silver at the Outrigger Canoe World Sprint Championships.
Personal life
France and her husband Clive had two sons. The two divorced in 2019 and he later died of cancer. In 2011, France and her younger son were at a shopping centre when an elderly man lost control of his automobile and ran into them. While she pushed her son, who was at the time in his stroller out of the way, she was seriously injured and as a result had her leg amputated. In 2024, her eldest son died of leukaemia. France faced some criticism on social media for talking about her grief and loss during the election campaign. She responded by saying, "Politics is personal, actually... my whole life is the reason I got into politics. I will never stop talking about him and I don’t care whether it causes people to feel discomfort."
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